"The first time I saw the audience being questioned about lip-syncing", "what a niche text"......
On the evening of May 4, Phoenix Legend held a concert in the Bird's Nest in Beijing, and some netizens said that unlike other choruses in unison, the voice of the audience at the Bird's Nest concert was too small and suspected of "fake singing", which caused heated discussions.
In this regard, many netizens present turned out the video they shot to "refute the rumors": "It's not that we don't work hard, it's that the bird's nest is really too big!"
On May 6, a number of related topics rushed to the hot search. Among them, the #Phoenix Legend audience was questioned about lip-syncing#, and the topic has been read more than 300 million.
Subsequently, some netizens posted a video saying that Linghua, the singer of the Phoenix Legend Group, clarified for the audience at the concert on the evening of the 5th, "After watching (the concert on May 4), some people said that our audience and friends at the scene were a little shy and not loud enough, right?
This is not the first time that the Phoenix Legend concert has been on the hot search. As early as February this year, when Linghua officially announced that the 2024 concert tour was finalized, many young netizens said: "It's finally here", "The idol of college students is here", "I really want to take my parents there!", "I must go to the scene to feel the atmosphere"...... The Phoenix Legend concert has become hard to find, and interesting stories on and off the stage are also frequently searched.
The Phoenix Legend, which was once regarded as the spokesperson of "Square Dance Divine Comedy" and "Tuhi", has become a "top streamer" in the minds of young people?
"Question Parents, Understand Parents, Be Parents"
Holding the lyric book, the audience sang in chorus......
Young people have begun to form groups to go to the Phoenix Legend concert!
As a "national group", how popular is the Phoenix Legend concert now?
Since the first stop of this year's concert, the audience who has been to the scene said: "The atmosphere is amazing, and it is worth the ticket price." ”
Phoenix Legend Concert Changzhou Station. Picture/Screenshot from netizen video
Not only the atmosphere of the scene, but also the tour of Phoenix Legend around the world is full of stalks.
The interactive scene of the concert is like "military training", the audience brings their own lyrics, and some people sing "It's All Love", the more they sing, the more angry they are, the more cool they sing, netizens laughed and said: "Could it be that watching the Phoenix Legend concert is buying a 'scolding ticket'?"
In the Phoenix Legend concert, the venue is not a venue, it is a KTV practice room for 10,000 people, and the singer is not a singer, but a leader and atmosphere group. The continuous high degree of discussion also made many netizens crazy about wanting to grab tickets to see the scene.
"Agricultural Heavy Metal" "Square Dance Singer"
The "national combination" Phoenix legend is difficult to shake off the label
"On your heart, fly freely!" "I am looking from afar, above the moon." ”…… Whether you like the Phoenix Legend or not, you've definitely heard their songs, and you can even pick up the next one as soon as you hear the lyrics.
The Phoenix Legend Group, which has been debuting for 20 years, has always been two people: Yang Weilinghua, a girl from Inner Mongolia, used to be an electrical salesman, and Zeng Yi was a radio worker from Yiyang, Hunan. Linghua and Zeng Yi met when they were working in Guangzhou, and they were almost fanatical about music, and they formed a duo called Phoenix Legend.
In 2005, Phoenix Legend participated in the "Avenue of Stars" and won the runner-up, a song "On the Moon" became popular all over the country, and also took the "last train" of the CRBT era, and at the end of 2007, the number of downloads of this song has reached 79 million.
In 2005, Phoenix Legend won the runner-up of "Avenue of Stars". Photo/CCTV
As an "ancient" singer group, Phoenix Legend was once synonymous with square dance soundtracks, and the high-pitched and melodious melody can always be heard when walking in the streets and alleys. Especially after "The Most Dazzling National Style" became popular all over the country, it once became a "divine comedy", and you can hear it in every corner of the town's commercial streets, farmers' markets, and civic squares.
But for a long time, Phoenix Legend couldn't shake off the labels of "agricultural heavy metal" and "square dance singer". The fusion of folk singing and rap, brainwashing melodies, and catchy lyrics...... It is one of the factors why their songs are widely sung, and it is also one of the reasons why they are ridiculed by many people. Music critic Li Wan once bluntly said that the Phoenix Legend is a "second-rate band", "What is the connotation of these two people?"
Netizens posted that the Phoenix legend of the year was "very social and a little scary". Picture/Screenshot from social platforms
In a previous interview with Southern People Weekly, Zhang Ning, a cultural critic and professor at the School of Literature at Beijing Normal University, said: "From the mainstream media to the places where the community boulevards walk, you can hear the voice of the Phoenix legend." I think it is in line with the Chinese style and style that the people like to see. ”
The legend of the phoenix affirmed by his parents
In the post-00s circle, "it became popular again"
relies on the sincerity of the acting career and fans
Xu Mingchao, the head of Phoenix Legend Studio and Linghua's husband, once said in an interview: "Phoenix has no fans, only an audience. And now, this combination that was once criticized as "soil" has entered the market of young people and has fans of the post-00s.
In 2021, Phoenix Legend covered the song "Under the Sea", which quickly appeared on the hot search on Weibo, Douyin, Station B and other platforms.
By 2023, the number of playbacks of the song "Mrs. Luxury" will exceed 10 billion, and it will become popular all over the Internet. It has also brought a trend of "surging lyrics".
This year, Phoenix Legend also participated in a number of music festivals, and every time it appeared, it was able to receive bursts of cheers and chorus from the audience.
Videos taken by fans at various festivals show that when Phoenix Legend appears, there are often huge cheers at the scene, and fans sing along to the songs they sing, and there are even famous scenes of the audience singing in duet. Some netizens said that because the chorus was too loud, when the Phoenix Legend sang, he almost couldn't hear his own voice.
At station B, where young people gather, Phoenix Legend, who often appeared in the "ghost animal area", has its own account and has become the "Top 100 Up Masters" in 2023. At present, videos related to the Phoenix Legend have been played more than 10 million times.
But what is loved by everyone is not only the popular songs and the warm live atmosphere, but also their sincerity to their fans and acting career.
Whether it is Linghua's recent voice for netizens who bought "pillar tickets", or the 13 group rules set by Zeng Yi and Linghua in the early years:
1. The contract is signed for nine years without breach of contract, which is the foundation.
2. The record company has a strong music production ability, which is also the foundation.
3. Singers can socialize, but don't be courtesans, that's the bottom line.
4. The money that should be spent should be spent, but not hype, this is the direction.
5. If you can really sing, you don't fake sing, this is persistence.
6. Listening to applause and standing grievances is magnanimity.
7. Don't take private performances, this is conscience.
8. Don't face and heart disagreement, this is a combination.
……
It is not difficult to see that Phoenix Legend has its own persistence, as well as sincerity and respect for fans.
It is not so much that the Phoenix Legend has "become popular" in the post-00s circle, but that the Phoenix Legend has been popular for 20 years. As previously commented by the media: "The children who disliked their parents' music aesthetics have grown up, but the Phoenix Legend is still singing, and even the younger they are, the more they sing." ”
Source | Yangcheng Evening News Comprehensive News Morning News, Cover News, Jiupai News, CCTV, Southern People Weekly, Zhongxin Entertainment, and netizen comments
Topic moderator | Yangcheng Evening News reporter Zhao Yichen
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Editor: Shu Mengqing
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